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A chronological listing of world postage stamps depicting coins.
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1987 July 3
USSR
Festival of India in the USSR. 5-kopek stamp depicts a 2000-year-old coin of India.
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1987 July 15
Romania
1-leu stamp depicts a 1-leu coin.
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1987 July
Surinam
65-cent postage due stamp overprinted "TE BETALEN" depicts a coin.
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1987 August 27
Portugal
300th anniversary of paper currency of Portugal.
100e stamp depicts an old coin.
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1987 September 11
Sierra Leone
500th anniversary of the discovery of America.
5-leone stamp depicts two ducat coins;
45-leone stamp depicts Maravedis coins.
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1987 September 29
Vatican City
Inauguration of Numismatic Museum.
3500-lire stamp depicts a 1986 1000-lire coin.
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1987 October 8
Cuba
50 centavos postage stamp marks the 20th anniversary of Heroic Guerrillas Day.
The stamp depicts both sides of a commemorative coin.
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1987 November 13
Monaco
150th anniversary of the recapture of the Mint.
2.50-franc stamp depicts 5-franc Prince Honoré V coin.
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1987 December 11
Saint Vincent
Thirteen stamps depicting East Caribbean coins.
5-, 6-, 10-, 12-, 15-, 20-, 25-, 30-, 35-, 45-, 50-, 65-, 75-cent stamps.
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1987 December 24
Turks and Caicos
150th anniversary of the accession of Queen Victoria to the throne of England.
35-cent stamp includes a coin.
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1988 April 26
Cook Islands
Two postage stamps for the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea.
$1.50 and $10 stamps depict both sides of a commemorative $50 silver coin.
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1988 April 29
Saint Lucia
50th anniversary of Saint Lucia Cooperative Bank.
10-cent stamp depicts coins and banknotes.
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1988 July 4
Tonga
70th anniversary of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV.
42-seniti stamp depicts coins.
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1988 August 4
Transkei
40-cent postage stamp shows a salvaged coin from the 1782 wreck of the Grosvenor ship.
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1988 September 26
Sierra Leone
American space achievements.
3-, 5-, 15-, and 40-leone stamps show an American 1/2 dollar.
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1988 October 7
Norway
400th anniversary of the reign of King Christian IV.
10-kronor stamp depicts the reverse of a 1628 rixdalar struck in Christiana (Oslo).
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1988 October 12
Cook Islands
Two postage stamps for the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, overprinted with Men's and Women's Tennis winners.
$1.50 and $10 stamps depict both sides of a commemorative $50 silver coin.
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1988 October 28
Nigeria
25th anniversary of Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company.
20-kobo stamp depicts coin production;
25-kobo stamp depicts coin and printed products.
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1988 December 1
Dominica
Christmas and 60th anniversary of Mickey Mouse.
Two 60-cent stamps depict Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck and a pot of coins.
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1988 December 2
Greece
100 drachma postage stamp for the meeting of the Council of Europe in Rhodes.
The stamp depicts a the head of Helios on a Rodiam 2nd-3rd century BC coin.
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1988 December 27
Russia
Armenian earthquake relief.
20k+10k stamp depicts gold coin of Tigranes I (about 140-55 BCE), king of Armenia.
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1988 December 30
Romania
1.50-lei depicts Trajan's Bridge, Drobeta, on a Roman bronze sestertius used in Romania from 103-105 C.E.
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1989 January 11
India
60 paise postage stamp marks the 125th anniversary of the State Museum in Lucknow.
The stamp depicts a coin featuring the goddess Durga and a lion.
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1989 February 9
Bolivia
1 boliviano postage stamp depicts a gold 1852 quarto coin.
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1989 February 28
Liberia
Two 75-cent postage stamps commemorate the death of Japanese Emperor Hirohito, depicting a silver coin, and a gold coin.
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1989 May 22
Greece
70 drachma postage stamp marking the 100th anniversary of Interparliamentary Union.
The stamp depicts a coin.
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1989 July 17
Dominica
35 cent postage stamp for PhiexFrance 1989 depicts a 1688 French coin.
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1989 November
Grenada Grenadines
World Stamp Expo '89 in Washington, D.C. 1-cent stamp depicts a boat full of gold coins.
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1989 December 4
Costa Rica
4 colon postage stamp marks the 500th anniversary of the European discovery of America.
The stamp depicts a Spanish gold coin from 1476-1516.
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1989 December 22
Congo
Two postage stamps mark the 25th anniversary of the African Development Bank.
75 franc and 120 franc stamps include three coins.
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